“ if you have any understanding of the reality of hell you would crawl on broken glass to the cross, to the only one that can bring you safely home for eternity“ RC So true!
If a dead man could talk....Whether you believe in a literal hell or not, this parable exists for a reason. The great chasm seems to reveal that our eternal destinies are fixed. The rich man in this story doesn’t asked to be released nor does he show any repentant behavior.
MacArthur makes a note of that profound reality in his sermon in this text too! It’s clear that he’ll is a punitive, NOT rehabilitative! Amen to that point, brother!
(Mysteries that are hidden in plain sight) This parable of the rich man and Lazarus, “without a parable did He speak to them” had nothing to do with a hell or eternal punishment. When these mysteries of God’s Word was spoken, Jesus would always leave clues. Who was the man with no name, who had five brothers, who was the man with a name, or what prophecy was fulfilled when the dogs came? These clues make It crystal clear what the message of Jesus was. From the pulpit today most, but not all, teach this parable with this implication. If you don’t believe you will burn in hell in eternal torment, forever like the rich man.
This is a great parable and to understand this, one has to go to John's gospel where Jesus on the way to raise another Lazarus from the dead, meets Martha and said to her, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world."
At 27:31 R.C.Sproul says, "Lazarus hearing these dreadful words that no one can pass between, starts to beg." I've forgotten my places in speech at times that's one reason I am not a minister.
______________________ • More about Martha's brother Lazarus... . • (John 11:14 - Lazarus is DEAD... . • (v11:17) - Jesus showed up and Lazarus had been DEAD and in the tomb for (4 DAYS)... . • (v11:35) - Jesus Wept (this the shortest verse in the Bible)... !!! ... . • (v11:39) - Martha said to Jesus , "Lord , there is a STENCH , for my brother Lazarus has been DEAD (For 4 Days)" ... !!! ... . A Resurrection Performed . • (v11:43) - And Jesus said with a Loud Voice , (Lazarus , COME FORTH) . • (v11:44) - And Lazarus who had DIED came out of the tomb bound hand and foot with GraveClothes and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said "Loose Lazarus , and Let him Go" ______________________
@@MicahWo I'm not OP so I can't speak for what he gained from this but to me it seems like he's showing how Lazarus and the Rich Man highlights the reality of what Jesus said to Martha, that indeed they shall live forever.
"While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins". Matthew 26:26-28
the revulsion to hell is the reality of Heaven! because no one will be willing to go there, one will have to be casted into hell; once the realization that God exist for those who denied Him on this side of eternity and for us who refused to bow to His will, who acknowledged His existence on this side of eternity. the judgement is a separation from paradise, and this realization of the separation from God can be compared to anguish and torment as if one was on fire: oh LORD GOD have mercy upon our souls on that Great and Terrible Day!
Romans 1 says we all KNOW God exists but suppress this knowledge in unrighteousness “I do not have to prove to you that God exists, because I think you already know it. Your problem is not that you do not know that God exists; your problem is that you despise the God whom you know exists. Your problem is not intellectual; it is moral-you hate God.” ― R.C. Sproul, Romans "People who go to hell deserve to be there. People who go to heaven do not deserve to be there. The first is justice, the second is grace." -- Steven Lawson
My Aunt Billie has kidney disease, and needs to be healed. She lives in Michigan, and is trying to sell her house there to move back home to Ohio before she gets too bad. Salvation for my family
"And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive" Genesis 7:21-23
there was more why did you cut it short this message? r. c. stated he would be one of those, like me, who did not nash his teeth in angry at God for putting him in hell but would, like me, would weep: not mad at God's righteous judgement: even upon me or r,c,! why did you cut short r,c,'s humility? let's not place dr. sproul on a pedestal which is the germane point of his lesson!
Names have symbolic meaning; not every Lazarus in scripture is the same Lazarus (understood to be the brother of Mary and Martha raised from the dead) just as not every Mary in scripture is the same Mary. This story is introduced as a parable and is told as one. The greatest indicator of this being a parable is the fact that the rich man in hell is able to look up to and communicate with those in Heaven. That is not the reality of the two eternal destinations and is only illustrated to bring home the greater point of spiritual reality that Jesus is making in this story. That being another indicator that this is, although deeply profound, a parable because it’s being told by Jesus to highlight a misunderstood/unseen reality of spiritual truths to the Pharisees as He did with other parables.
Jesus is speaking to only the Pharisees concerning this parable so I would like to know some interesting answers to these questions about this parable: 1) Is the Rich Man a Jew from Israel or is he Gentile? 2) Is Lazarus from Israel or is he Gentile? 3) The Rich Man addresses Abraham as "Father" Abraham addresses the Rich Man as "Son". No relationship is mentioned about Lazarus like this. Are the Rich man and Abraham somehow related? 4) This parable does not say that either the Rich Man nor Lazarus know anything of obedience to the Jewish Law. Then why would Lazarus be saved if he knows nothing about salvation of the Jewish customs? 5) Why is it that the Rich Man has specifically 5 brothers? Why not 3, 6, 8 or any other number of brothers? 6) Why do the 5 brothers of the Rich Man have Moses and the Prophets to refer too, but Lazarus does not and seems to not know anything about Moses and the Prophets? 7) Why is the Rich Man begging to Abraham have Lazarus do favors for him and not ask Almighty God? 8) Why is it Lazarus never speaks or say anything? 9) Why is it in many churches the Rich Man is in hell when Jesus tells them he is in Hades, equivalent to the Hebrew Sheol...either the same as the grave or a place reserved for the dead until the resurrection? 10) Why does Jesus speak of marriage and divorce which has nothing to do with this story just before going into this parable?
Hell was originally not intended for people, but for the devil and his angels. But when sin entered the world, that changed. We only go there if we align ourselves in rebellion against God, but that’s not what God wants.
f you believe it is because of that fact and not the human heart that can hear it from many Scriptures, you do not understand our sinful fallen and away from God nature.
Fear mongering teaching by a calvanist. The word hell is nowhere found in the bible......study it out for yourself, hell is a mistranslation of 4 different words, SHEOL, TATARUS, HADES and GEHENNA. The wages of sin is DEATH.
That’s right what you said. I was in a church where little kids were indoctrinated with fear and hell. One kid from the church brought another kid to tears in kindergarden, so the parents were called to the principal. Unfortunately most of the churches preach the false teaching of hell. Many Christians are taught that way. The same people who take the Bible literally by neglecting symbols and figurative speech are very creative in changing the meaning of the word death. This is very inconsequent. Death does not mean death for them. Death means everlasting torment. That’s so wrong. The teaching of hell in combination with the possibility of loosing salvation is the worst teaching. You live in constant fear and not in peace. The wages of sin is death and not hell. Some people want a hell and they promote it as biblical.
If the wages of sin is death that’s sounds terrible. To be seperated from Christ forever and under the wrath of God sounds hellish. Christ is the creator and in him is life, there is no life, peace, joy, justice, mercy, outside of Him. Wherever Christ is not, that would be Hell by definition for the Christian.
doctrine of intermediate state, the immaterial part (soul) goes directly to hell . One who rejects Christ stands condemned already. Then, on the great white throne judgment, the resurrection to eternal damnation, the whole person, with both soul and body is damned forever!
Hey R.C, love your work! As for this teaching it was not correct. Once you identify who theses 2 characters are typifying in this parable you will understand the true message, which has nothing to do with the after life nor eternal hell. It would be a lot for me to explain verse by verse but here it is in a nutshell: There is only one man who scripturally fits all the descriptions of the "rich man" in this parable. The only one person who "illustrates" all of the symbols and identifying clues given of this rich man is "JUDAH!” But not just Judah as an historical individual, but as a group… That’s all Israel under the headship of Judah. We can definitely prove that all the clues points to Judah being the “rich man”. “Lazarus” is a picture in this parable typifying the “gentiles”. And so we see that God has not "cast off" the Gentiles! We find "Lazarus" [Gk: helpless] begging scraps from a rich man’s table. Will God have mercy on him just as He did the Syro-Phoenician woman and the Centurion? Absolutely! Well guess what, "LAZARUS" IS ELIEZER"! The Greek "Lazarus" is from Lazaros [Heb. HELPLESS]. But in Hebrew "Lazarus" is Elazar or "Eliezer" from el [God] and azar [HELP]! Interestingly God had already planned this whole marvelous plan of bringing in the gentiles into the Kingdom from the time of Abraham. (Eph. 2:13-18). “But now in Christ Jesus ye [gentiles] who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us [Jews and gentiles]; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both [Jews and gentiles] unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you [gentiles] which were afar off, and to them [Jews] that were nigh. For through Him we both [Jews and gentiles] have access by one Spirit unto the Father.” ...here are supporting scriptures that depicts what Christ was teaching from the parable of Lazzarus and the rich man.... Ephesians 3: 1-9: “ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:”
“ if you have any understanding of the reality of hell you would crawl on broken glass to the cross, to the only one that can bring you safely home for eternity“ RC
So true!
Which hell?
@@SaveOurChildren7 There are different levels of hell, but it’s still the same place, and there’s only one.
Disgusting understanding of the living God….
where is that in scripture?
Thanks for sharing this beautiful, biblical sermon by the late Dr. R.C. Sproul. Praise God (Christ).
If a dead man could talk....Whether you believe in a literal hell or not, this parable exists for a reason. The great chasm seems to reveal that our eternal destinies are fixed. The rich man in this story doesn’t asked to be released nor does he show any repentant behavior.
MacArthur makes a note of that profound reality in his sermon in this text too! It’s clear that he’ll is a punitive, NOT rehabilitative! Amen to that point, brother!
(Mysteries that are hidden in plain sight) This parable of the rich man and Lazarus, “without a parable did He speak to them” had nothing to do with a hell or eternal punishment. When these mysteries of God’s Word was spoken, Jesus would always leave clues. Who was the man with no name, who had five brothers, who was the man with a name, or what prophecy was fulfilled when the dogs came? These clues make It crystal clear what the message of Jesus was. From the pulpit today most, but not all, teach this parable with this implication. If you don’t believe you will burn in hell in eternal torment, forever like the rich man.
This is a great parable and to understand this, one has to go to John's gospel where Jesus on the way to raise another Lazarus from the dead, meets Martha and said to her, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world."
At 27:31 R.C.Sproul says, "Lazarus hearing these dreadful words that no one can pass between, starts to beg."
I've forgotten my places in speech at times that's one reason I am not a minister.
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• More about Martha's brother Lazarus...
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• (John 11:14 - Lazarus is DEAD...
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• (v11:17) - Jesus showed up and Lazarus had been DEAD and in the tomb for (4 DAYS)...
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• (v11:35) - Jesus Wept (this the shortest verse in the Bible)... !!! ...
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• (v11:39) - Martha said to Jesus , "Lord , there is a STENCH , for my brother Lazarus has been DEAD (For 4 Days)" ... !!! ...
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A Resurrection Performed
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• (v11:43) - And Jesus said with a Loud Voice , (Lazarus , COME FORTH)
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• (v11:44) - And Lazarus who had DIED came out of the tomb bound hand and foot with GraveClothes and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said "Loose Lazarus , and Let him Go"
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What understanding is this supposed to shed on the parable? You say nothing about how the 2 stories are supposedly related.
@@MicahWo I'm not OP so I can't speak for what he gained from this but to me it seems like he's showing how Lazarus and the Rich Man highlights the reality of what Jesus said to Martha, that indeed they shall live forever.
"While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins". Matthew 26:26-28
Thank you for sharing.
Prayers from Pakistan
the revulsion to hell is the reality of Heaven! because no one will be willing to go there, one will have to be casted into hell; once the realization that God exist for those who denied Him on this side of eternity and for us who refused to bow to His will, who acknowledged His existence on this side of eternity. the judgement is a separation from paradise, and this realization of the separation from God can be compared to anguish and torment as if one was on fire: oh LORD GOD have mercy upon our souls on that Great and Terrible Day!
Romans 1 says we all KNOW God exists but suppress this knowledge in unrighteousness
“I do not have to prove to you that God exists, because I think you already know it. Your problem is not that you do not know that God exists; your problem is that you despise the God whom you know exists. Your problem is not intellectual; it is moral-you hate God.”
― R.C. Sproul, Romans
"People who go to hell deserve to be there. People who go to heaven do not deserve to be there. The first is justice, the second is grace."
-- Steven Lawson
No….it’s not AS IF they are on fire. A drop of water wouldn’t help in that case. It’s real fire!
Amén 🙏 ❤
My Aunt Billie has kidney disease, and needs to be healed. She lives in Michigan, and is trying to sell her house there to move back home to Ohio before she gets too bad. Salvation for my family
Tell your aunt to get on the Keto or Carnivore diet, to save her kidneys. I recommend she watch Dr. Berry's RUclips channel.
Eating too many carbohydrates are making people sick, destroying their bodies, and killing them. TBT
We watch Dr. berg, almost the whole family thank you
Praying for you now
@@contactmatts thank u so much!
"And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive" Genesis 7:21-23
Live is in CHRIST JESUS ALONE
TAKE EAT DRINK
OUTSIDE OF CHRIST ALL DIE
OUTSIDE OF THE ARK ALL DIED
Why does my Bible not list this as a parable.
there was more why did you cut it short this message? r. c. stated he would be one of those, like me, who did not nash his teeth in angry at God for putting him in hell but would, like me, would weep: not mad at God's righteous judgement: even upon me or r,c,! why did you cut short r,c,'s humility? let's not place dr. sproul on a pedestal which is the germane point of his lesson!
This was an actual real event. Lazarus was real.
Names have symbolic meaning; not every Lazarus in scripture is the same Lazarus (understood to be the brother of Mary and Martha raised from the dead) just as not every Mary in scripture is the same Mary. This story is introduced as a parable and is told as one. The greatest indicator of this being a parable is the fact that the rich man in hell is able to look up to and communicate with those in Heaven. That is not the reality of the two eternal destinations and is only illustrated to bring home the greater point of spiritual reality that Jesus is making in this story. That being another indicator that this is, although deeply profound, a parable because it’s being told by Jesus to highlight a misunderstood/unseen reality of spiritual truths to the Pharisees as He did with other parables.
3:18 But when Jesus resurrected Lazarus the people believed
Jesus is speaking to only the Pharisees concerning this parable so I would like to know some interesting answers to these questions about this parable:
1) Is the Rich Man a Jew from Israel or is he Gentile?
2) Is Lazarus from Israel or is he Gentile?
3) The Rich Man addresses Abraham as "Father" Abraham addresses the Rich Man as "Son". No relationship is mentioned about Lazarus like this. Are the Rich man and Abraham somehow related?
4) This parable does not say that either the Rich Man nor Lazarus know anything of obedience to the Jewish Law. Then why would Lazarus be saved if he knows nothing about salvation of the Jewish customs?
5) Why is it that the Rich Man has specifically 5 brothers? Why not 3, 6, 8 or any other number of brothers?
6) Why do the 5 brothers of the Rich Man have Moses and the Prophets to refer too, but Lazarus does not and seems to not know anything about Moses and the Prophets?
7) Why is the Rich Man begging to Abraham have Lazarus do favors for him and not ask Almighty God?
8) Why is it Lazarus never speaks or say anything?
9) Why is it in many churches the Rich Man is in hell when Jesus tells them he is in Hades, equivalent to the Hebrew Sheol...either the same as the grave or a place reserved for the dead until the resurrection?
10) Why does Jesus speak of marriage and divorce which has nothing to do with this story just before going into this parable?
Where is he getting the name of the rich man? I'm using the King James version. It does not say the rich man's name.
Accuracy is very important. Good observation! We can not add anything to scripture, not even something that seams small.
He said traditionally. Also kjv is not the most accurate but none of the translations include his name as far as I know
He’s not saying the rich man’s name is Dives. The rich man is unnamed, but traditionally was given the name Dives, which is simply Latin for “rich.”
That was the rich man and lazaras
Did Jesus not take the keys to death and hell? so that only The devil his angels and death itself get thrown in?
Hell was originally not intended for people, but for the devil and his angels. But when sin entered the world, that changed. We only go there if we align ourselves in rebellion against God, but that’s not what God wants.
One reason most people don’t believe there is a real hell is because the Prophecies of Enoch were not included in the cannon of scriptures
If that be true, Then You need to be, Everyday! Preaching The Book of Enoch to all 16hrs 7days a Week, 52 weeks a Year
There is many reasons it wasn't included
BB: Many and most Know There's a Lake of Fire, Many Know they are Going There. Do you Know that No One Comes to Christ Except The Father Calls?
f you believe it is because of that fact and not the human heart that can hear it from many Scriptures, you do not understand our sinful fallen and away from God nature.
Gbu
3:40 sounds like he his spitting instead of speaking
This is a parable about the promises being given to gentiles not heaven and hell. So much symbolism in the parable.
I agree that this parable is definitely not about heaven and hell.
Fear mongering teaching by a calvanist.
The word hell is nowhere found in the bible......study it out for yourself, hell is a mistranslation of 4 different words, SHEOL, TATARUS, HADES and GEHENNA. The wages of sin is DEATH.
That’s right what you said. I was in a church where little kids were indoctrinated with fear and hell. One kid from the church brought another kid to tears in kindergarden, so the parents were called to the principal.
Unfortunately most of the churches preach the false teaching of hell. Many Christians are taught that way.
The same people who take the Bible literally by neglecting symbols and figurative speech are very creative in changing the meaning of the word death. This is very inconsequent. Death does not mean death for them. Death means everlasting torment. That’s so wrong.
The teaching of hell in combination with the possibility of loosing salvation is the worst teaching. You live in constant fear and not in peace.
The wages of sin is death and not hell.
Some people want a hell and they promote it as biblical.
If the wages of sin is death that’s sounds terrible. To be seperated from Christ forever and under the wrath of God sounds hellish. Christ is the creator and in him is life, there is no life, peace, joy, justice, mercy, outside of Him. Wherever Christ is not, that would be Hell by definition for the Christian.
"When you die you wake up in "hell" ? How so, if you haven’t been judged??? This is doctrine of devils
doctrine of intermediate state, the immaterial part (soul) goes directly to hell . One who rejects Christ stands condemned already. Then, on the great white throne judgment, the resurrection to eternal damnation, the whole person, with both soul and body is damned forever!
Hey R.C, love your work! As for this teaching it was not correct. Once you identify who theses 2 characters are typifying in this parable you will understand the true message, which has nothing to do with the after life nor eternal hell. It would be a lot for me to explain verse by verse but here it is in a nutshell: There is only one man who scripturally fits all the descriptions of the "rich man" in this parable. The only one person who "illustrates" all of the symbols and identifying clues given of this rich man is "JUDAH!” But not just Judah as an historical individual, but as a group… That’s all Israel under the headship of Judah. We can definitely prove that all the clues points to Judah being the “rich man”. “Lazarus” is a picture in this parable typifying the “gentiles”. And so we see that God has not "cast off" the Gentiles! We find "Lazarus" [Gk: helpless] begging scraps from a rich man’s table. Will God have mercy on him just as He did the Syro-Phoenician woman and the Centurion? Absolutely! Well guess what, "LAZARUS" IS ELIEZER"! The Greek "Lazarus" is from Lazaros [Heb. HELPLESS]. But in Hebrew "Lazarus" is Elazar or "Eliezer" from el [God] and azar [HELP]! Interestingly God had already planned this whole marvelous plan of bringing in the gentiles into the Kingdom from the time of Abraham. (Eph. 2:13-18). “But now in Christ Jesus ye [gentiles] who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us [Jews and gentiles]; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both [Jews and gentiles] unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you [gentiles] which were afar off, and to them [Jews] that were nigh. For through Him we both [Jews and gentiles] have access by one Spirit unto the Father.” ...here are supporting scriptures that depicts what Christ was teaching from the parable of Lazzarus and the rich man.... Ephesians 3: 1-9: “ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:”
I’ve heard of this rendering. What is the meaning of the gulf being fixed however?